week 10

At the start of the week I made a list of all the experiments and pieces I wanted to try,  so this week has been about doing these things.
one of my ideas was to make a large net piece- to reflect how our home is a safety net where our experiences and thoughts are caught and 'home' is not so much a place but net collating all these ideas.


To show this I thought I would make a larger connections piece similar to the one I made a couple of weeks ago.

I used one neutral colour thread so that attention would not take away from the intertwined words and jigsaw pieces.

I am really pleased with the result of this piece to develop this further I would like to experiment with a larger scale.

also yesterday I went to the exhibition of Shelia Hicks at the Hayward gallery. earlier on in the project I did some research into Hicks but I enjoyed seeing her works I particular like the vibrancy of colours which she uses but due to the spacious surroundings the colour does not over power the room.  

I like the rapped round threads and scraps and it gets me thinking about how I could use paper and words that reflect my theme of home.

 

As well as the large pieces Hicks has also made a series of these intercut weaving pieces which has given me ides of how I could weave onto a map which I have started to work on, reflecting how 'home' is not a place and cannot be found on a map.








I have also worked onto this piece of wood, I used image emulsion transfer and have put words onto it using letterset reflecting home. Although I like these techniques on the wood, I do not think as a piece this works well. to develop this further I would like to cut the piece of wood into three and perhaps make a hanging piece inspired by Emma Parkers Memory thread works.

This week I have started to developed my pieces, I need to continue to develop them next week and I now have many ideas on how to use my Shelia Hicks research to further them.